diff --git a/ext/nokogiri/xml_node.c b/ext/nokogiri/xml_node.c
index 41c195f7462..ac22b2e67ca 100644
--- a/ext/nokogiri/xml_node.c
+++ b/ext/nokogiri/xml_node.c
@@ -74,9 +74,11 @@ static void relink_namespace(xmlNodePtr reparented)
           reparented->parent,
           curr->href
       );
-      /* If we find the namespace is already declared, remove it from this
-       * definition list. */
-      if(ns && ns != curr) {
+      /* If we find the namespace is already declared with the same prefix,
+       * remove it from this definition list. */
+      if(ns && ns != curr &&
+         (ns->prefix == NULL && curr->prefix == NULL ||
+         xmlStrEqual(ns->prefix, curr->prefix))) {
         if (prev) {
           prev->next = curr->next;
         } else {
diff --git a/test/xml/test_node_reparenting.rb b/test/xml/test_node_reparenting.rb
index 3e133b1727f..213a381f1b0 100644
--- a/test/xml/test_node_reparenting.rb
+++ b/test/xml/test_node_reparenting.rb
@@ -237,6 +237,46 @@ class TestNodeReparenting < Nokogiri::TestCase
                 assert @doc.at('//foo:second', "foo" => "http://flavorjon.es/")
               end
             end
+
+            describe "and a child node with a namespace matching the parent's non-default namespace, but with a different prefix" do
+              it "inserts a node that keeps its namespace" do
+                assert node = @doc.at('//xmlns:first')
+                child = Nokogiri::XML::Node.new('second', @doc)
+
+                ns = child.add_namespace(nil, 'http://flavorjon.es/')
+                child.namespace = ns
+
+                node.add_child(child)
+                assert newchild = @doc.at('//foo:second', "foo" => "http://flavorjon.es/")
+                assert newchild.namespace_definitions.include?(ns)
+              end
+            end
+
+            describe "and a child with an intervening incorrect namespace" do
+              it "inserts a node that keeps its namespace" do
+                assert node = @doc.at('//xmlns:first')
+                child1 = Nokogiri::XML::Node.new('second', @doc)
+
+                ns1 = child1.add_namespace('foo', 'bogus')
+                child1.namespace = ns1
+
+                node.add_child(child1)
+
+                # Java Nokogiri won't let you add a duplicate (prefix/href) namespace
+                # if it already exists _anywhere_ in the document; so fudge by
+                # creating are duplicate in a separate document
+                doc2 = Nokogiri::XML::Document.new
+                child2 = Nokogiri::XML::Node.new('third', doc2)
+                ns2 = child2.add_namespace('foo', 'http://flavorjon.es/')
+                child2.namespace = ns2
+
+                child1.add_child(child2)
+                assert newchild = @doc.at('//foo:third', "foo" => "http://flavorjon.es/")
+                # and it also won't find namespace definitions duplicated elsewhere,
+                # so serialize this check
+                assert_equal '<foo:third xmlns:foo="http://flavorjon.es/"/>', newchild.to_s
+              end
+            end
           end
         end